Officer James McMahon Jr. was suspended for 6 days by the West Milford Police Department in a matter resolved in 2024. On June 8, 2022, in the early morning hours, McMahon was involved in a single motor vehicle crash while off duty and negotiating a curve, and his operation of the vehicle was in a reckless manner. The conduct occurred in 2022, but the appeal was not settled until 2024. He was suspended for 6 eight-hour days and opted to forfeit 6 eight-hour vacation days instead of going unpaid.
On June 8, 2022 in the early morning hours, James T McMahon Jr, while off duty, became involved in a single motor vehicle crash while negotiating a curve. Operation of the vehicle by McMahon Jr. was in a reckless manner. The conduct occurred in 2022 but the appeal was not settled until 2024. McMahon was suspended 6 (8hr) days and opted to forfeit 6 (8hr) vacation days instead of going unpaid .
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What is a summary of James McMahon Jr.'s major discipline record?
Officer James McMahon Jr. was suspended for 6 days by the West Milford Police Department in a matter resolved in 2024. On June 8, 2022, in the early morning hours, McMahon was involved in a single motor vehicle crash while off duty and negotiating a curve, and his operation of the vehicle was in a reckless manner. The conduct occurred in 2022, but the appeal was not settled until 2024. He was suspended for 6 eight-hour days and opted to forfeit 6 eight-hour vacation days instead of going unpaid.
What is James McMahon Jr.'s major discipline record at West Milford Police Department?
James McMahon Jr. has one major discipline record at West Milford Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is James McMahon Jr.'s base salary on record?
James McMahon Jr.'s reported base salary is $96,565, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. James McMahon Jr. has 15 years, 11 months of reported service.
How large is West Milford Police Department, the department James McMahon Jr. worked for?
West Milford Police Department reported 44 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about James McMahon Jr. individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1261. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 222116, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8553. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩